Last winter, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak was given the unenviable task of constructing a club capable of an encore. He'd have to do it, too, without a legendary manager and without the greatest hitter of the generation. More >

Closers dream of the situation that Drew Storen faced in the ninth inning on Friday, his Nationals leading by two runs in the ninth inning. But after Storen followed Carlos Beltran's leadoff double with two quick outs, the game began unraveling. More >

The Cardinals became the first team in Major League postseason history to come back from a six-run deficit and win a sudden-death game. No team had come back from more than a four-run deficit in a do-or-die contest. More >

A look at some notable facts and figures from the St. Louis Cardinals' 9-7 victory over the Washington Nationals in Game 5 of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park on Friday night. More >

This was what Adam Wainwright lives for -- starting in an elimination game -- until it wasn't, when he was shelled early. But Wainwright went from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs on Friday. More >

Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma, take your star turn. Instead of the Cardinals' big boppers getting the key hits in the Redbirds' comeback win Friday, it was the two light-hitting middle infielders. More >

Orioles chairman and CEO Peter Angelos made his second appearance in five days following the organization's postseason run -- which ended with Friday's 3-1 Game 5 loss -- and spoke of building on a phenomenally successful 2012. More >

Had the result been different, Nationals manager Davey Johnson surely wouldn't have been viewing his club's inability to put a runner past first base on Thursday as merely a flashback to earlier in the year. More >